..0% for IPS and 33.7% for DPA. However, IPS and DPA did not differ on paid employment outcomes. The authors conclude that IPS is more effective than DPA in achieving competitive employment, but not paid employment...

An update on randomized controlled trials of evidence-based supported employment

..A review of the evidence suggests strong support for 4 of 7 principles of supported employment, while the evidence for the remaining 3 is relatively weak. Continued innovation and research on principles is recommended...

..Service use decreased significantly after transfer to the step-down program, and no negative effects of transfer on hospital use or client functioning were evident. Critical elements for successful step-down are suggested and discussed...

..This paper discusses issues of theory and methodology as they pertain to improving research of ACT, with particular attention paid to issues of sampling, process evaluation, measurement, and data analysis...

..8%) completed the program during the study period. Overall, there were no differences in consumer outcomes at the ACT team level; however, consumers exposed to IMR showed reduced hospital use over time...

Psychiatric disorder and unmet service needs among welfare clients in a representative payee program

..Learning and memory were the only significant predictors of integrated employment at 4 months. These results suggest specific aspects of cognition may be modestly predictive of vocational outcomes...

Development of a scale to assess practitioner knowledge in providing integrated dual disorders treatment

..Higher scores on the scale were correlated with greater education, but not greater experience or lower burnout. This test is a promising tool for assessing provider knowledge of a specific evidence-based practice...

..Racial incongruence with caseload appeared to be one factor in burnout, particularly for Emotional Exhaustion. Race of both staff and clients may be important to consider in understanding staff burnout...

Should we adopt the Dutch version of ACT? Commentary on "FACT: a Dutch version of ACT"

..34.8% vs. 53.6%, respectively). There were few differences in nonvocational outcomes between programs. IPS is a more effective model than PSR or standard brokered vocational services for improving employment outcomes in clients with SMI...

..To be financially viable, IPS programs require funding from the state-federal vocational rehabilitation (VR) system. However, some observers have questioned the compatibility of IPS and the VR system...

..S., the MHTS aims to recruit 3,000 SSDI beneficiaries with psychiatric impairments into a randomized controlled trial. This paper describes the MHTS, its background, and its process and outcome assessments...

Psychosocial and rehabilitation treatments for patients with severe mental illness

..The authors recommend that all stakeholder groups be involved in further dialog and planning to ensure that practices emerge that represent the integration of the best research evidence with clinical expertise and consumer values...

Brief reports: the fidelity of supported employment implementation in Canada and the United States

..This article presents fidelity outcomes for five evidence-based practices that were implemented in routine public mental health settings in the National Implementing Evidence-Based Practices Project...

Supported employment: 1998 to 2008

Robert E DrakePsychiatr Rehabil J 31:274-6. 2008

A comparison of experts' perspectives on assertive community treatment and intensive case management

Richard SchaedleHunter College School of Social Work, City University of New York, USAPsychiatr Serv 53:207-10. 2002

..The results of this study indicate that although intensive case management resembles assertive community treatment in most respects, assertive community treatment may be a more clearly articulated model overall...

Expert ratings on the critical ingredients of supported employment for people with severe mental illness